bassist_lewis

I'll be crashing at a friends in Borough but my girlfriend's brother lives in Clapham Junction so that's also an option. [quote name='OliverBlackman' timestamp='1350332614' post='1837531'] You'll need to brush up on your fusion playing and slapping triplets [/quote] It'd be a nice change from an indie band followed by singer-songwriters followed by an indie band (with great hair) followed by a singer-wongwriter... many thanks

Hey there, Londoners (or those who live nearby or those who just 'know') I'm going to be in London in December and wanted to have a wee jam while I was there. Which ones do you recommend? I prefer playing funky stuff or pop stuff or funky pop stuff but I'm pretty happy just to play outside my comfort zone. I'll be there Monday to Thursday. Many thanks Lewis

I was playing a wedding in the Ubiquitous Chip (real name) in Glasgow, lovely venue and a great crowd. Had a woman in her 60s grinding on one of the roof's supporting poles and her equally aged other half doing what I think is called the mash potatoe to every song. The food was good, had tablet in jars and the best chocolate cake I've ever eaten, bacon rolls were decent (in a sesame seed bun ) and singer said the pies were good too. The usual classics didn't go down as well as they usually do (Summer '69, Sweet Child etc) but a couple of people asked for our card so all in all not a bad night!

I can't afford more strings but I've owned 4/5/6s and felt pretty comfortable on most of them (some had serious balance issues). [quote name='Bilbo' timestamp='1347629411' post='1803287'] We all talk about the music rather than the gear so the gear becomes a peripheral issue. [/quote] Very much coming round to this, I've recently had a lot of free time (not in a good way) and I've got sick of gawping at gear and not playing/gigging. Down with GAS!!

I like your thinking

I'm guessing everyone in this thread has barefaced cab, so I'd like to know if Mr Barefaced sends you a tracking number when they post it off? I only ask because I got th email saying 'such and such a cab will be soon be posted to this address etc etc' about 3 weeks ago.

Love hearign everyone's take on this. Personally I prefer to change tone using my hands, either by playing closer to the bridge or neck, playing harder/softer, muting on either hand, occasionally using a pick when I remember to get it out of my bag. Using EQ or changing pick-up is a last resort for me

I've recently read a couple of interesting articles about tone both in BGM. The first was by Alex Claber (barefaced bass) where he talked about the frequency spectrum and what parts of it the human responds to best, the conclusion being that melodic instruments like saxophone, violin, and the human voice have a lot of content in the upper mids, therefore supportive instruments like bass guitar should avoid too much content in this region (unless taking a solo). I then read another article saying that bass players shouldn't use the same tone for all songs/gigs. Now I personally feel that in 99% of songs/gigs the bass is meant to fill a particular region of the frequency spectrum because nothing else does and to go more bright/mid-rangey would stand on other instrument's toes. Does anyone agree that you should you change you're tone for every song? What about guys like Jaco or James Jamerson or Anthony Jackson? I don't recall them changing their tone. I even read that Lee Sklar gets annoyed when he sees bass players fiddling with the controls on their bass.

I'd love to do this but I checked the dates and I'm doing weddings on most of them good luck finding someone

a guitar-teaching friend of mine has his students pay for 4 lessons at a time and has a contract with each of them explaining under what terms they can cancel the lesson, something like with 24/48 hours. He allows them to move a lesson if given enough notice but if they just don't turn up then they lose the lesson and he still gets paid.

[size=3]"The talented artist or musician, the intellectual, the person of deep philosophical or spiritual thought of whatever age, must somehow be freed of the grind of daily life to pursue activities of a higher order. I am not going to even begin to suggest how this could be done, only why. It may be completely politically incorrect to suggest it, but these people must somehow simply be allowed to follow their hearts. If we do not find a way to make this so, then the loss to the world of the fruits of unusual mind is the price we all pay.[/size]" Its called the Dole queue

Mark plays with his thumb. Mark plays 4x15 Ampeg cabs Mark is left handed but Mark plays right handed instruments. Mark has studied Reggae music since he was a teenager Mark has studied heavy metal since he was a teenager Mark is internet illiterate which is why mark has been slandered on said internet. Mark doesn't want to be contacted by mobile phone Mark wants to be contacted by landline Mark would like people to leave messages on his answer phone. Mark would ask that people persist with their enquiries because Mark's answer machine gets interfered with by the the lizard people that run the country... I've met far too many people like this. Edit: its a great advertisment for being self-taught that he can only come up with one way of starting a sentence

Played a very fancy hotel/spa on Friday night, they were running near 2 hours late but they had a great buffet - fish and chips and a variety of spring rolls with sweet & sour sauce. Played a wedding on the rooftop of a hotel. The load in was a total nightmare: 100 yards down a corridor full of bins, the slowest lift on earth (the only one we had access to) and a narrow corridor not designed for a rear steer trolley. Was a slow start but had the dancefloor packed by 10. Our dep drummer did very well considering it was the first time we'd played with him, some very extended versions of songs. No buffet though.

I'll see what I can do, my computer skills are stretched enough typing this message

I've transcribed Steve Swallow's solo from 'Gwil's Song' which is on the album 'The Impossible Gentlemen', I'll be putting it into sibelius this week or next. If anyone wants a copy PM me and I can email it to you. Lewis

just turn up the volume and/or the low mids (the dial between 'bass' and 'middle'), your brain percieves mids as louder than other frequencies. and FWIW leaving space in the mix between the bass and guitar isn't a bad thing